Jodie Comer’s winning streak continues: Actress fights back tears and gives an emotional speech as she scoops top prize at the Tony Awards while supported by her brother – but is accidentally called JULIE in a very awkward mishap
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Jodie Comer’s winning streak continued at the Tony Awards on Sunday evening.
Supported by her brother Charlie in the audience, the 30-year-old fought back tears as she scooped Best Lead Actress in a Play for her one-woman show Prima Facie at the 76th ceremony held at the United Palace in New York City.
But Jodie’s big moment was comically marred when presenter Marcia Gay Harden accidentally called her ‘Julie Comer’ when announcing the winner.
The Killing Eve actress brushed off the awkward mishap and was emotional by the win as the camera panned in on her as her proud brother gave a congratulatory home.
Marcia quickly corrected herself and told the audience: ‘I don’t have my glasses on!’
Jodie made her Broadway debut earlier this year, after Prima Facie had a successful stint in the West End with the actress bagging a Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Best Lead Actress: Jodie Comer’s winning streak continued at the Tony Awards on Sunday evening
Woops: But Jodie’s big moment was comically marred when presenter Marcia Gay Harden accidentally called her ‘Julie Comer’ when announcing the winner
She plays a criminal defense attorney known for defending men accused of sexual assault whose faith in the law is shaken when she becomes a victim of the same crime in the one-woman play.
Jodie beat nominees A Doll’s House’s Jessica Chastain, Summer, 1976’s Jessica Hecht, and Ohio State Murders’ Audra McDonald.
And the actress didn’t let the name mix-up deter her from giving an emotional and moving speech.
She noted how her character Tessa had inspired the crowds who flocked to her show, which she noted still has three weeks left of its run.
‘This woman and this play have been my greatest teacher,’ Comer said as she accepted her award. ‘To every person who feels represented by Tessa, this has been my greatest honour.’
Afterwards, viewers flocked to social media to poke fun at Harden calling her ‘Julie’.
‘Come on Marcia Gay Harden! Butchering Tony Award winner Jodie Comer’s name, and then saying “I’m not wearing my glasses,”‘ complained one person, who added a gif reading ‘Do Better.’
Another said Harden was forgiven, possibly due to her statement in favor of the LGBTQ community before presenting the award.
One user attributed he mixup to the lack of a script and posted in favor of the WGA: ‘PAY THE WRITERS!!!’
TONY AWARDS 2023: Winners at a glance
Best Musical — Kimberly Akimbo
Best Play — Leopoldstadt
Best Musical Revival — Parade
Best Leading Actress in a Musical — Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Best Leading Actress in a Play — Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Best Leading Actor in a Musical — J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Best Leading Actor in a Play — Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Bright lights: The actress was supported by her brother Charlie, who got to mingle amongst A-Lists at the glamorous event held in New York City
Critical acclaim: Jodie plays a criminal defense attorney known for defending men accused of sexual assault
Winner! The actress didn’t let the name mix-up deter her from giving an emotional and moving speech
Tough competition: Jodie beat nominees A Doll’s House’s Jessica Chastain, Summer, 1976’s Jessica Hecht, and Ohio State Murders’ Audra McDonald
Awkward mishap: Afterwards, viewers flocked to social media to poke fun at Harden calling her ‘Julie’
Gong: Jodie made her Broadway debut earlier this year, after Prima Facie had a successful stint in the West End with the actress bagging a Laurence Olivier Award (pictured)
Talented: Meanwhile, in 2019 Jodie won an Emmy (pictured) and a British Academy Television Award for her role in Killing Eve
Another joked that Harden had her ‘Adele Dazeem moment,’ referencing John Travolta’s infamous mispronunciation of Idina Menzel’s name at the 2014 Academy Awards.
Jodie looked stunning in a glittering black strapless floor-length dress for the evening, while Charlie, who is a Data Analyst, cut a dapper figure in black suit and bow tie.
The award is a pivotal moment in Jodie’s career as Prima Facie is her Broadway debut.
The show started out at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End before moving to New York, with Jodie receiving critical acclaim.
In a review of the production, The Daily Mail said: ‘Comer plays a Liverpudlian, working-class criminal defence barrister. She is natty, sharp and expert at getting men off sexual assault charges, using all sorts of cunning ploys to woo the jury or clobber a witness.’
While The Guardian said of the play’s messages, ‘there is power in hearing them spoken on a West End stage, and Comer manages to infuse breath-taking emotional drama in every last word’.
The show has been extended on Broadway to run until July 2 following its success.
It follows Jodie’s success on screen as Russian assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve.
The actress won a British Academy Television Award and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2019 after being nominated for three gongs respectively. She also won a BAFTA for her drama Help which followed a care worker during the pandemic.
Last year, it was announced that Comer will star in and produce a limited series adaptation of Jen Beagin’s novel Big Swiss for HBO.
The project will be produced by A24 and Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries.
She is also committed to star in and produce the environmental thriller The End We Start From, an adaptation of Megan Hunter’s debut novel directed by Mahalia Belo.
TONY AWARD WINNERS 2023
Best Musical
& Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo — WINNER
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Best Play
Ain’t No Mo’
Between Riverside and Crazy
Cost of Living
Fat Ham
Leopoldstadt — WINNER
Best Musical Revival
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
Camelot
Into The Woods
Parade — WINNER
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best Revival of a Play
A Doll’s House
The Piano Lesson
The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog — WINNER
Best Leading Actress of a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles — Into The Woods
Victoria Clark — Kimberly Akimbo — WINNER
Lorna Courtney — & Juliet
Micaela Diamond — Parade
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Best Leading Actress of a Play
Jessica Chastain — A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer — Prima Facie — WINNER
Jessica Hecht — Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald — Ohio State Murders
Best Leading Actor of a Musical
Christian Borle — Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee — Some Like It Hot — WINNER
Josh Groban — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Brian D’Arcy James — Into The Woods
Ben Platt at the Met Gala 2023
Ben Platt — Parade
Colton Ryan — New York, New York
Best Leading Actor of a Play
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins — Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes — Good Night, Oscar — WINNER
Stephen McKinley Henderson — Between Riverside and Crazy
Wendell Pierce — Death of a Salesman
Best Book of a Musical
& Juliet — David West Read
Kimberly Akimbo — David Lindsay-Abaire — WINNER
New York, New York — David Thompson & Sharon Washington
Shucked — Robert Horn
Some Like It Hot — Matthew López & Amber Ruffin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Jordan E. Cooper — Ain’t No Mo’
Samuel L. Jackson — August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed — A Doll’s House
Brandon Uranowitz — Leopoldstadt — WINNER
David Zayas — Cost Of Living
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kevin Del Aguila — Some Like It Hot
Kevin Cahoon — Shucked
Justin Cooley — Kimberly Akimbo
Jordan Donica — Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Alex Newell — Shucked — WINNER
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding — Life Of Pi — WINNERS
Miriam Buether — Prima Facie
Rachel Hauck — Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson — Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon — A Christmas Carol
Best Costume Design of a Play
Brigitte Reiffenstuel — Leopoldstadt — WINNER
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell — Life Of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill — Fat Ham
Emilio Sosa — Ain’t No Mo’
Emilio Sosa — Good Night, Oscar
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin — Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers — Prima Facie
Jon Clark — Jon Clark
Bradley King — Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin — Life Of Pi — WINNER
Jen Schriever — Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman
Ben Stanton — A Christmas Carol
Best Direction of a Play
Saheem Ali — Fat Ham
Jo Bonney — Cost Of Living
Jamie Lloyd — A Doll’s House
Patrick Marber — Leopoldstadt — WINNER
Stevie Walker-Webb — Ain’t No Mo’
Max Webster — Life Of Pi
Best Sound Design of a Play
Carolyn Downing — Life Of Pi — WINNER
Joshua D. Reid — A Christmas Carol
Ben & Max Ringham — A Doll’s House
Ben & Max Ringham — Prima Facie
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams — Ain’t No Mo’
Best Choreography
Casey Nicholaw — Some Like It Hot — WINNER
Steven Hoggett — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Susan Stroman — New York, New York
Jennifer Weber — & Juliet
Jennifer Weber — KPOP
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Joel Grey
John Kander
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Victoria Bailey
Lisa Dawn Cave
Robert Fried
Best Original Score (music and/or lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Kimberly Akimbo — David Lindsay-Abaire/Jeanine Tesori — WINNER
Almost Famous — Tom Kitt/Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt
KPOP — Helen Park & Max Vernon
Shucked — Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally
Some Like It Hot — Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Nikki Crawford — Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry — Ain’t No Mo’
Miriam Silverman — The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window — WINNER
Katy Sullivan — Cost Of Living
Kara Young — Cost Of Living
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Julia Lester — Into The Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Bonnie Milligan — Kimberly Akimbo — WINNER
NaTasha Yvette Williams — Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe — & Juliet
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt — New York, New York — WINNER
Mimi Lien — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Scott Pask — Shucked
Scott Pask — Some Like It Hot
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions — Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes — Some Like It Hot — WINNER
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi — KPOP
Susan Hilferty — Parade
Jennifer Moeller — Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Paloma Young — & Juliet
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington — New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu — Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Heather Gilbert — Parade
Howard Hudson — & Juliet
Natasha Katz — Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz — Sweeney Todd: THe Demon Barber Of Fleet Street — WINNER
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden — Parade — WINNER
Lear deBessonet — Into The Woods
Casey Nicholaw — Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien — Shucked
Jessica Stone — Kimberly Akimbo
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada — New York, New York
Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann — Into The Woods
Gareth Owen — & Juliet
John Shivers — Shucked
Nevin Steinberg — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street — WINNER
Best Orchestrations
Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter — Some Like It Hot — WINNERS
John Clancy — Kimberly Akimbo
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis — New York, New York
Bill Sherman & Dominic Fallacaro — & Juliet
Jason Howland — Shucked
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Jerry Mitchell
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Pasadena Playhouse
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